Trump's FDA Fiasco: The Flavored Vape Debacle Exposes Deeper Rot The latest casualty in the Trump administration's war on public health is Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, who was forced out after resisting the president's push to approve flavored e cigarettes.
On the surface, this appears as just another episode of bureaucratic infighting, but scratch deeper and you'll find a tangled web of politics, ideology, and cronyism.
Makary's departure has been in the works for weeks, with reports surfacing last week that Trump had approved a plan to fire him.